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Dr Hafiz A Pasha

Unusual balance of payments
Opinion

Unusual balance of payments

The data on the balance of payments in the first four months of 2023-24 has been released recently by the SBP (State...
Updated 28 Nov, 2023 05:22am
SBP projections for 2023-24
Opinion

SBP projections for 2023-24

The Annual Report for 2022-23 on the State of the Economy by the SBP has been released recently. Along with a...
Published 07 Nov, 2023 07:02am
Value of PKR
Opinion

Value of PKR

There have been unusual developments in the value of the rupee (PKR) during the last seven weeks. From a trend in ...
Updated 24 Oct, 2023 05:50am
Spurt in inflation
Opinion

Spurt in inflation

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has released the estimate of the rate of inflation in the national Consumer...
Updated 10 Oct, 2023 06:47am
Improving tax compliance
Opinion

Improving tax compliance

The caretaker government has set up a tax reforms taskforce to come up with recommendations to close the ‘tax...
Published 03 Oct, 2023 06:02am
Early warning signs
Opinion

Early warning signs

The first quarter of 2023-24 is about to come to an end. It has been an eventful quarter. It started well with the...
Updated 19 Sep, 2023 07:32am
Balochistan falls behind
Opinion

Balochistan falls behind

Balochistan is the smallest province of Pakistan, with a share of 6.2% in the national population, according to the...
Published 12 Sep, 2023 06:56am
The population bulge
Opinion

The population bulge

The results of the seventh Population and Housing Census of Pakistan in 2023 have been announced recently by the...
Updated 05 Sep, 2023 07:08am
Mixed start of FY2023-24
Opinion

Mixed start of FY2023-24

The current financial year, 2023-24, started on a very positive note. The talks with the IMF (International Monetary...
Published 15 Aug, 2023 06:49am
IMF programme targets
Opinion

IMF programme targets

A typical IMF (International Monetary Fund) programme, including a Stand-by Facility, has a set of quantitative...
Published 08 Aug, 2023 06:37am
IMF’s SBF
Opinion

IMF’s SBF

The IMF Stand-By Facility (SBF) of $3 billion has been in operation for two weeks now. Already, there is a big...
Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am
Managing the BoP
Opinion

Managing the BoP

The balance of payments (BoP) figures for the full-year, 2022-23, have just been released by the SBP. They reflect...
Updated 25 Jul, 2023 06:52am
Dip in the rate of inflation
Opinion

Dip in the rate of inflation

There is finally some good news on the rate of inflation. The month of June has witnessed a big dip in the rate of...
Updated 18 Jul, 2023 06:12am